Bishop and Dean

Bishop

Bishop noun - A senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ.
Show all Definitions
Synonyms for Bishop

Dean and bishop are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Dean" instead a noun "Bishop".

Nearby Word: bishopric

Dean

Dean noun - The senior member of a group.

Bishop and dean are semantically related. You can use "Bishop" instead a noun "Dean".

Nearby Words: deanery, Deanna, Deana, Deane, deanne

How words are described

female female bishop female dean
current current bishop current dean
single single bishop single dean
corrupt corrupt bishop corrupt dean
Other adjectives: poor, actual, real, main, new, former, insane, older.

Both words in one sentence

  • Music / Frank Sinatra Sinatra was the founder, and its other chief members were Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop, and Peter Lawford.
  • In the final shot, the characters played by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Joey Bishop, and Peter Lawford walk past the marquee of the Sands hotel.
  • The Vicar Canon Judith Potecary in Beechbourne is an Iron Lady of the cloth; the Dean and the Archdeacon are not to be trifled with; and even the Bishop has a spine … and, although a Grauniad-ista, is a former chaplain RN.
    Source: The Vicar
Cite this Source
Dean and Bishop. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bishop/dean
Bishop & Dean. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/bishop/dean>.
Dean or Bishop. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/bishop/dean.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "bishop" and "dean" have occurred on timeline